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A ransomware attack is one of the effective strategies cybercriminals use to encrypt users’ data and prevent them from accessing it until a ransom amount is paid. While the rate of ransomware attacks is less than other malware types, including viruses and trojans, it can have severe consequences on businesses and individuals alike. Ransomware attacks have been on the rise since 2018, reaching their highest at 68.5% in 2021.

IT folks toss the word “network” around, but all the routers, switches, WANs, and end points in the world are nothing without applications.

Ransomware is the gift that keeps on giving. Old as it is (33 years) ransomware is constantly morphing into new exploits. The reason is simple. Ransomware works and too often cybercriminals walk away with bags of money (or piles of Bitcoin, anyway).

Regardless of where you work in IT you’ll be familiar with the problem of alert fatigue and dealing with the endless streams of telemetry, alerts and notifications. While it’s often the background to daily tasks this is never more visible than when dealing with a time sensitive incident such as a critical outage or a security breach. In this post we’re going to look at how Flowmon Anomaly Detection System (ADS) can help you quickly and accurately identify essential details of a security breach that cuts through the noise and allows you to respond to the incident and mitigate the root cause with confidence.